Jeffrey Vaitekunas, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor of Engineering, IBE, Mechanical Engineering Technology, and MMM programs

233 Burke

Mailing Address:
PENN STATE BEHREND
242 BURKE CENTER
ERIE PA 16563

Biography

Technical expertise in medical device development and manufacturing, Patents and intellectual property, Ultrasonics, Piezo-electrics, High-power ultrasound, Image processing, Optics. electro-physiology, Fourier optics, electro-mechanical actuators and systems.

Research Interests

High Power Ultrasound, Medical Devices, Electro-Mechanical devices, transducers, Langevin Stack resonators, surgical devices, NDT - Non-Destructive Testing

Publications

Ultrasonic bioeffects on peripheral nerves, Acoustics Today - 2012
Collaborator: Robert Muratore, Author

Mechanisms of ultrasonic thrombolysis - 2009
Collaborators: Elvira Lang, Author; Mark Schafer, Author

Cutting wax with an ultrasonically activated blade, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine - 2008
Collaborators: Foster Stulen, Author; Edward Grood, Author

Ultrasonic surgical instruments: A multi-variate study for cutting-rate effects - 2003

Internal ultrasonic tip amplifier, Acoustical Society of America Journal - 1998
Collaborator: George Bromfield, Author

Method and apparatus for performing ultrasonic assisted surgical procedures, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America - 1994
Collaborator: Thomas Charlebois, Author

Measurement of strains at high temperatures by means of electro-optics holography - 1991
Collaborators: Cesar Sciammarella, Author; Geetha Bhat, Author

Education

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, The University of Cincinnati

M.S., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Northwestern University

B.S., Electrical Engineering, Purdue University Northwest